Hubbub vs Kerfuffle - What's the difference?
hubbub | kerfuffle | Synonyms |
A confused uproar, commotion, tumult or racket.
* John Milton, Paradise Lost
A disorderly outburst, disturbance, commotion or tumult.
* 2009 May 22,
* 2011 June 6, Mark Memmott, “
Kerfuffle is a synonym of hubbub.
As nouns the difference between hubbub and kerfuffle
is that hubbub is a confused uproar, commotion, tumult or racket while kerfuffle is a disorderly outburst, disturbance, commotion or tumult.hubbub
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Alternative forms
* whobub (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- At length a universal hubbub wild
- Of stunning sounds and voices all confused,
- Borne through the hollow dark, assaults his ear
- With loudest vehemence.
Synonyms
* See alsokerfuffle
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Alternative forms
* curfuffle, kafuffle, kerfluffle, kurfuffle * fuffle (by apheresis)Noun
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- You know all this kerfuffle about Jordan and Peter Andre, and how you don’t know if they’re really splitting up or it’s just an act
Sarah Palin's Had Her Say; Now Let's Hear From Paul Revere”, The Two-Way , National Public Radio
- There's been a bit of a kerfuffle the past couple days over something Sarah Palin said about Paul Revere.